After the N-word broadcast aired, Dr. Laura apologized for using the racial epithet. "I articulated the N-word all the way out -- more than one time," Schlessinger said. "And that was wrong. I'll say it again -- that was wrong." She said she "realized I had made a horrible mistake, and was so upset, I could not finish the show."

Palin is one of the biggest dolts in the history of America! The First Ammendment applies to government's restriction of speech! An employer may terminate for what is deemed inappropriate speech. The two issues are not the same. Palin is a moron!!!

Palin is one of the biggest dolts in the history of America! The first ammendment applies to government's restriction of speech! An employer may terminate for what is deemed inappropriate speech. The two issues are not the same. Palin is a moron!!!

Palin is one of the biggest dolts in the history of America! The first amendment applies to government's restriction of speech! An employer may terminate for what is deemed inappropriate speech. The two issues are not the same. Palin is a moron!!!

It has been purported through anonymous intelligence that this Tom Foley partial-retard has been involved in electronic sleep deprivation in the State of Connecticut. Question for the Washington Post: What rights do I have as a gifted Genius in the United States to protect myself from cowardly Psychopaths like Tom Foley who are so cowardly afraid of anyone superior than them that they use electronic sleep deprivation and electronic torture to try and prevent gifted geniuses from achievement in the United States? Gerard Joseph Burke II...aka…Burke2 of Burke2Data.com and electronic Sleep Deprivation victim of Tom Foley.

It has been purported through anonymous intelligence that this Tom Foley partial-retard has been involved in electronic sleep deprivation in the State of Connecticut. Question for the Washington Post: What rights do I have as a gifted Genius in the United States to protect myself from cowardly Psychopaths like Tom Foley who are so cowardly afraid of anyone superior than them that they use electronic sleep deprivation and electronic torture to try and prevent gifted geniuses from achievement in the United States? Gerard Joseph Burke II...aka…Burke2 of Burke2Data.com and electronic Sleep Deprivation victim of Tom Foley.

It has been purported through anonymous intelligence that this Tom Foley partial-retard has been involved in electronic sleep deprivation in the State of Connecticut. Question for the Washington Post: What rights do I have as a gifted Genius in the United States to protect myself from cowardly Psychopaths like Tom Foley who are so cowardly afraid of anyone superior than them that they use electronic sleep deprivation and electronic torture to try and prevent gifted geniuses from achievement in the United States? Gerard Joseph Burke II...aka…Burke2 of Burke2Data.com and electronic Sleep Deprivation victim of Tom Foley.

It has been purported through anonymous intelligence that this Tom Foley partial-retard has been involved in electronic sleep deprivation in the State of Connecticut. Question for the Washington Post: What rights do I have as a gifted Genius in the United States to protect myself from cowardly Psychopaths like Tom Foley who are so cowardly afraid of anyone superior than them that they use electronic sleep deprivation and electronic torture to try and prevent gifted geniuses from achievement in the United States? Gerard Joseph Burke II...aka…Burke2 of Burke2Data.com and electronic Sleep Deprivation victim of Tom Foley.

It has been purported through anonymous intelligence that this Tom Foley partial-retard has been involved in electronic sleep deprivation in the State of Connecticut. Question for the Washington Post: What rights do I have as a gifted Genius in the United States to protect myself from cowardly Psychopaths like Tom Foley who are so cowardly afraid of anyone superior than them that they use electronic sleep deprivation and electronic torture to try and prevent gifted geniuses from achievement in the United States? Gerard Joseph Burke II...aka…Burke2 of Burke2Data.com and electronic Sleep Deprivation victim of Tom Foley.

Just two nutty women who like to play the victim. Dr. Laura wasn't arrested for her outburst so she can hardly whine that her first amendment rights were being stepped on. Sarah 'mama grizzly' Palin's gun references are getting real old real fast.

hey repugs put dr. laura somewhere on your 2012 ticket, her story is so inspirational.
she represents the best you have to offer.imagine all the muslim and african american votes you will garner.
ms. palin however should try to stay close to home there is still those precocious daughters who seem to be so easily duped, and we don't want any more little "surprises".

Sarah Palin is defending Dr. Laura's use of the "n" word, is she?! You mean, the very same Sarah Palin who's spoken out on the issue before, declaring that anyone in public life who utters that word should be relieved of their duties?

Can someone PLEASE give this woman a copy of the dictionary page on which the word "hypocrite" is defined? For that matter, let's just send it to every right-wing politician and media bloviator out there!

Light Bearer. You are being disingenuous. If you, as a white person, called yourself, or a friend a Honky, you'd probably be doing it in a self-deprecating way, intending to be humorous and wouldn't be offended or expect the other white person to be offended. If, however, a black person called you 'Honky' I bet a thick wad of the folding stuff that you'd (at the least) be offended - and probably threatened. Try to put yourself in the other person's shoes.

The so called N word is no racial slur. It is more of a colloquialism derived from the word Negro which has its roots in the Latin word for the color black. If using the N word is a racial slur then referring to anyone by the shade of their skin color must also be a slur no matter what language the word for that color comes from. I should be totally offended if someone refers to me as a white man but for some reason I am not. Why? I am certainly of anglo-saxon descent but I am more of a pinkish tan color. Maybe I should be called pink skin as the blue skinned Andoreans did in some of the Star Trek episodes. Really, we should all just unbolt the chip on our shoulder about who we are as defined by our skin shade and get on with life. Do something loving and positive instead of spewing hatred. As Jesus of Nazereth once taught "Man is not defiled by what he puts in his mouth, but is defiled by what comes out of his mouth" The point being that what you eat for food does not make you a sinner, but the speech that comes out of your mouth does when it is hateful and vicious. Resist the urge to say hateful things and you will be a better person. Politics is no excuse for all the hateful talk I have seen here.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

How exactly were "Dr." Schlessinger's (her doctorate, physiology, has nothing to do with her job as a radio personality) First Amendment rights being abridged? And this is the woman that the Right thinks is going to lead them back to a purer America; she doesn't even understand what that founders wrote.

Please! history has shown us that Sarah Palin does not care about anybody but herself she let the Alaskan people down by quitting so she could make money as private citizen to pay for her lawyers and corruption allegations, She is an opportunistic, self involved woman. She goes around huffing and puffing but when someone sits down to have a REAL DISCUSSION about real topics, she frets, she hesitates she has no idea how to respond and that is because everything she says is just rehearsed and scripted I feel sorry if this woman every runs for PResident and actually wins BUT WE as AMERIcANS hopefully know better than to elect someone as illiterate as she is..I HOPE....

Dr Laura should have quit a long time ago. She did not have the qualifications to dish out advice. At least the radio stations should have had a disclaimer that it was the opinions and advice of a amateur.

We are so concerned about being "politically correct" nowdays. Whatever you say can be misconstrued as offensive by someone. Should a so called celebrity be held to a higher standard than everyone else. NO. If that person is using slander in an offensive way on the airwaves, then YES. In the context of things, I don't think she was. But that said, I am tired of racism and/or religiousism (is that even a word?). People are people. We are all on this world together. Just get along. Help each other. If people are in trouble, lend a hand.

Wow! I'm so disgusted that Dr. Laura and Sarah Palin support the use of the "N" word!! I can't even begin to describe how upset I am. Its pathetic that racism still runs rampad in our society at any level: Caucasians against African Americans, African Americans against Caucasians, and on and on and on! Too bad these supposedly intelligent women choose to use their notoriety to generate hatred and not harmony. -Jasmine Moore age 16

So silly and ignorant. A word is a word is a word. If a racial group refers to themselves in a "slanderous" way, why do they object to "the word" being used? Totally illogical. Perhaps the word should not be used at all --- isn't that a novel idea? Then "other, not allowed races" will not "repeat" "the word."
Posted by: pjcafe

Right on, PJCafe. White people never would have known that word existed if black people didn't keep using it.

All of the articles I've read seem to miss what I think is the most offensive aspect of Dr Laura's comments to the caller. In response to the caller's stated problem of having her in-laws calling her "the N-word", Dr Laura tells her she is hypersensitive and if she has no sense of humor, she shouldn't be in an interracial marriage. Even if the "N-word" had never been used, this would have been an offensive response by Dr Laura.

What's really ironic about this whole thing is if Sarah Palin listened to the advice that Dr. Laura spews out, she'd do nothing but stay home and take care of her kids and her husband. And, she'd admonish her, as a parent, for allowing her teenage daughter to get pregnant. Does she even understand the person she's standing behind? What an idiot...again.

Just a second thought upon reading some of these comments:
Why is there so much ad hominem attacking going on?
To delve into the pasts of either Palin or Dr. Laura is kind of the kitchen sink attack. If you cannot discredit someone based on the actual facts, then attack them on anything at all.

So silly and ignorant. A word is a word is a word. If a racial group refers to themselves in a "slanderous" way, why do they object to "the word" being used? Totally illogical. Perhaps the word should not be used at all --- isn't that a novel idea? Then "other, not allowed races" will not "repeat" "the word."

This is mountain out of molehill stuff that is being used to attack people -- here it is Palin and Dr. Laura. Our country has become increasingly divided on trivial incidents --- what happened??
What is this new change we were all looking forward to?

Perhaps we should stand back and look at who the real trouble-makers are -- They aren't Palin and Dr. Laura.......

I am definitely not a Dr. Laura fan; and, I am surprised that S. Palin would take the chance of alienating anyone by supporting Dr. Laura.
However, I was disappointed too that Dr. Laura took the brunt of all this. She said the "n" word; she said it several times. However, she was making a point that if anyone says it and is "allowed", then why can't everyone say it and be allowed??
I agree. I am tired of hearing the word. But when do we hear it? We hear it from African American rappers, actors, and anyone who "qualifies" as black.

Willie Brown while Speaker of the House in CA, repeatedly referred to Caucasians as "whitey" --- at one point, when a Brown supported candidate won, he said, "we showed whitey" -- it was on the tv news, etc. But there was no outrage.

The "usual suspects", i.e. Sharpton, et al, instantly appeared upon the scene with the Dr. Laura controversy, ready to get more TV time protesting the victimization of all black people. Excuse me???? This is the man who committed a criminal act of falsely accusing six white men of assaulting a black woman, T. Brawley.
Yet, he is given a platform to continue his "rage" while always "promoting" himself shamelessly.

I am happy Dr. Laura put a damper on Sharpton's attention getting devises by deciding to quit her radio job. No groveling for her. She apologized, sure, but for what? For using her free speech as some members of the black community do regularly?

What are the rules that we all need to know? Who can say what? Who can't? At what point does an entire racial group become a victim of a word uttered by someone of another racial group without "permission?" It is absurd and pathetic.

Again, Dr. Laura, thanks -- Sharpton has no excuse for another Imus type charade and tirade on national TV and in the papers.
Well done.

It is time that we all come together and tell these women of privledge that no one will tolerate their racist views..these women are not innoccent, it they can dish it out they better should be able to deal with the crictism and alienation that will come back at them..not only will they lose but anyone associated withthem will lose too, So to the Dr.Laura's, Sarah Palin's and Sharron Angle..karma is hell..

It appears Dr. Laura and Sarah Palin are not the only people that are now associated with the Tea Party that has a problem with the color black..
it appears Sharron Angle also has a problem with the color black..
during her run for the School board back in 1992 she campaigned against black football jerseys on Religious grounds stating that the color black is full of evil..she argued that wearing the color black was sacrilege..Well..If Sharron Angles is that sensitive about wearing the Color black and she sees Black in not a favorable manner? what does this Tea Party Backed candidate of Sarah Palins think about Black people...we have got to wake up..this Racist thing is real and the Tea Party beyond a doubt is a Racist organization...where are the getting people with such evil opinions????

The connection to the First Amendment that Sarah Palin and Dr. Laura have dreamed up here is baffling. The First Amendment protects your right to express yourself, without censorship by the federal government. It doesn't give you freedom from having anyone criticize you, nor an inalienable right to a lucrative radio contract.

That being said, I don't understand at all why this was posted under "44: Politics and Policy in Obama's Washington". It isn't about President Obama and it isn't about politics (and certainly not policy) in Washington. Sounds like the Washington Post needs to rethink its blog categories.

Dr. Laura did wander off in her bizarre, free-associating meltdown -- which was triggered by a black caller in an interracial marriage with a fairly normal, mundane question -- to point out that black voters voted overwhelmingly for Obama (as they did for Gore, Kerry, Mondale, et al., although I think that escaped her), but that particular Obama tie-in is not mentioned here.

It appears to me that Schlesinger wants to walk around babbling the "N" wors whenever, and wherever she wants. I don't know why she believes she is being held back from doing so on her own time, but when she's a paid radio personality, I assume she has some rules and guidelines she must adhere to. It was Schlesinger's prerogative to exercise her judgement of choice of words while on the air. It was her amazing cloddishness that caused the uproar. Please explain to me, based on all this logic, how in fact Sclesinger's first amendment rights were violated? Does she really believe she has the right to do whatever she pleases on public airwaves, and suffer no consequence for them? And does Palin now believe in socialist radio? The free market dealt Schlesinger her fate. No one took them from her.

Every time I hear that Republicans, and particularly Tea Party sympathizers, don't have a racist bone in their body and it's all a big slur, and I really start to feel that there is much to be said for that defense of their position and that for the most part they would never play the race card... there's yet another story like this. (Or like Rand Paul thinking that lunch counters, as private businesses, should be allowed to have an openly posted policy of not serving any black people, based on their skin color. WHAT?)

Why is Sarah Palin in favor of saying the n-word over and over and over to a caller who was calling with a normal, perfectly legitimate question about how to handle an issue in her marriage? Is she crazy?

Does Sarah Palin think the First Amendment means ordinary Americans aren't allowed to express their opinions of Dr. Laura and of Sarah Palin? Doesn't she know the First Amendment only restricts the government but doesn't muzzle the rest of us?

What is the deal with the Tea Party, they have all of these hostile and not very bright women in their Party
Sharron Angle and Sarah Palin...
Where are the bright intelligent women..Oh! Yea! I understand..they are not White, "so therefore they can't play in your sand box" how stupid of me...
Not one candidate of color backed by the Tea Party...

What is the deal with the Tea Party, they have all of these hostile and not very bright women in their Party
Sharron Angle and Sarah Palin...
Where are the bright intelligent women..Oh! Yea! I understand..they are not White, "so therefore they can't play in your sand box" how stupid of me...
Not one candidate of color backed by the Tea Party...

What is the deal with the Tea Party, they have all of these hostile and not very bright women in their Party
Sharron Angle and Sarah Palin...
Where are the bright intelligent women..Oh! Yea! I understand..they are not White, "so therefore they can't play in your sand box" how stupid of me...
Not one candidate of color backed by the Tea Party...

First she disrepect Teachers...and than she take up for a Racist talk show nut..

What is the TEA PARTY too do...
Their national spokes person is an idiot..
And they can not offend her...
What To Do About Sarah????
Tea baggers what are you going to do with your run away Bride...Thank God Sarah is a member of the Republican Party and Tea Party..
She's a favorite among the Klan,Mel Gibson and the Neo nazis
if Sarah Palin and Mel Gibson got married and had a child it would be a the Grand Dragon of the KKK

When will these tea baggers learn that Palin, and the rest of the Fox line are using them to support this lost "cause". Because guess what Obama will get re-elected just like George Bush did in 04. The Republican party are taking direction from idiots with extreme ideas in which only a hand full of people can relate to. The majority will vote the other way because these idiots are spliting the party.

Sarah Palin
is too dumb to understand how the first amendment works and protects its citizen
Dr.?Laura is to dumb and insensitive to understant how the first amendment works,these two women deal with people who are followers and would rather have someone other than themselves too do all of the thinking for them..
Their followers play victims ( some may truly be victims and unknowing are being victimized again by Laura and Sarah)
Dr? Laura should retire and never surface again she has done enough damage with are radio program for the past 15 years to keep true therapist busy for their life time ( I am sure shes caused some psychological damage too some of her callers, I've listen to her show in the past and laughed alot)
Sarah Palin, what can I say about Sarah Palin other than, she made it on her Back,
and not her brain. if she had half a brain after the election she would have kept a very low profile thats what intelligent people do after making a national fool of herself..and ..now she has taken on something that she will never be able to shake off..she has proven..that she is a Racist..she has proven that she lack racial sensitivity,she has proven that she is not intelligent, she is a big mouth idiot and eventually everyone will get tired of her ..what will the Tea Party do now Sarah has pulled the sheet off..

Apparently Dr. Laura doesn't understand the First Amendment. Since she wasn't censored by the government, her First Amendment right to say anything in public was actually upheld. The First Amendment doesn't guarantee you won't get any argument!

But in Dr. Laura and Sarah Palin's world, truly exercizing first amendment rights requires that those of us who disagree NOT exercise our first amendment rights. It's really quite simple if you just look at it from the perspective of these two ladies.

D. Laura Schlessinger characterized her radio show as a "moral health program".

Don't know about the moral part but she sure knows immoral:

- she was unfaithful in her first marriage having two affairs

- she caused the breakdown of her second husband's marriage

- she cohabitated with him while unmarried and intentionally conceived a child with him out of wedlock.

Dr. Laura lectured against infidelity, cohabitation, and intentional single-parenthood on her show, but never informed her listeners that these were part of her personal life experience.

Dr. Laura appears to be a quit and flip-flop when it benefits her career:

-she was an atheist before she wasn't

-she supported gay relationships before she didn't

-she preached about family values on her show but had not mourned the deaths of either of her parents because she had no emotional bond to them. She described her father as "petty, insensitive, mean, thoughtless, demeaning and downright unloving". Her mother, she said, had "pathological pride", "was never grateful and would always find something to criticize," and "constantly expressed disdain for men, sex and love".

I agree that Facebook and Twitter are poor forms of political discourse. Funny, though, that some are only offended when it is a conservative voice that uses these media, but when we have Democratic candidates using the various internet platforms the major media and pundits point to it as an example of 'vibrant' democracy.

Say it ain't so.

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WHAT on earth does this comment mean? Do you think the commenters are criticicing Palin for using Twitter/Facebook? Do you not understand that what is being discussed is the content of her speech, not the platform she used?

I don't see how anyone can justify this... I just don't. And please don't tell me "singers/comedians/whoever say it all the time" - some of them do, and they're wrong, too. And you know what? I'm not "denying their first amendment rights" by saying I find their speech offensive.

Dr.Laura, Sarah Palin and the Klan..have a lot in common..they all fall back on the freedom of Speech argument they want the freedom used when it applies to them saying stupid and hateful...why is that when women like Laura and Sarah scream fire in a crowded theater,, they fall back on first amendment rights..they are both idiots and assume that the general public are also a bunch of idiot too..Not so Laura and Palin..the mark these two women will leave historical will prove them both fools..they have bought shame upon their childrens and their childrens,childrens...women like these two should go into hiding..but they are too stupid..the people that advise them are fools too..they have proven they are apart of the problems in this country and not the solution..these two women both come from dysfunctional back grounds and it shows..these two women are true trouble makers, that the media has given birth too..

Dr.Laura, Sarah Palin and the Klan..have a lot in common..they all fall back on the freedom of Speech argument they want the freedom used when it applies to them saying stupid and hateful...why is that when women like Laura and Sarah scream fire in a crowded theater,, they fall back on first amendment rights..they are both idiots and assume that the general public are also a bunch of idiot too..Not so Laura and Palin..the mark these two women will leave historical will prove them both fools..they have bought shame upon their childrens and their childrens,childrens...women like these two should go into hiding..but they are too stupid..the people that advise them are fools too..they have proven they are apart of the problems in this country and not the solution..these two women both come from dysfunctional back grounds and it shows..these two women are true trouble makers, that the media has given birth too..

Dr.Laura, Sarah Palin and the Klan..have a lot in common..they all fall back on the freedom of Speech argument they want the freedom used when it applies to them saying stupid and hateful...why is that when women like Laura and Sarah scream fire in a crowded theater,, they fall back on first amendment rights..they are both idiots and assume that the general public are also a bunch of idiot too..Not so Laura and Palin..the mark these two women will leave historical will prove them both fools..they have bought shame upon their childrens and their childrens,childrens...women like these two should go into hiding..but they are too stupid..the people that advise them are fools too..they have proven they are apart of the problems in this country and not the solution..these two women both come from dysfunctional back grounds and it shows..these two women are true trouble makers, that the media has given birth too..

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Why does anybody care WHAT Sarah Palin says? She's no longer holding office, basically she's no different than a Kardashian or Hilton, she has no job and just famous for being famous. Lets ask what African Americans say about this instead of this ignorant white woman?

Sarah Palin herself is a Racist..for a person like Sarah Palin not to understand whats a stake here..proves shes herself is a racist..for anyone with half-a brain..any one in their right mind that listen to the audio could tell right away that something was amiss with Dr.Laura's attitude..you could tell that she has some deep racial problems..and for her to state that her Body guard is Black and a friend proved she thought their was nothing wrong with her use of the N-word..as for Sarah Palin she's an ignorant bone head racist..she has now jumped into the arena and this is one fight that she and the Tea Party and any one associated with her will lose...As for the use of the N-word..NO ONE Should use that word not in songs, not in RAP..Not in Comedy..any one that uses that word..they look Dirty, Foolish and Ignorant..in other words..as an American Black...it is time for the bafoons to stop using the N-WORD

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The Inhumane Alienation OF FREE ASSOCIATION WITH OTHER US CITIZENS is evidence in the media, religious extremist etc will be provable to the Courts Trier of Law/Fact. That Hate speech and writtings, publishing makes the extremist accountable Civilly/Criminally For the Terrorist inflicted of US Citizens ( RES GESTAE , RESPONDEAT SUPERIOR, VICARIOUS LIABILITIES OF RELIGIOUS OFFICIALS i.e. KKK SUITS AGAINST CHURCHES etc THAT GIVE HATE TERRORISTICS SPEECH THAT CAUSES SOME TO DO HATEFUL ACTIONS AGAINTS OTHER US CITIZENS) SEE US PATRIOT ACT

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There is no first Amendment in the America of Sarah and Laura; there is no constitution; there is no right to health care; there is no right to be gay; there is no right to be black; there is no right to premarital sex; there is no right to reproductive rights; there is no right; to birth control; there are no rights for you who disagree with them. They have all their rights and the right to economically exploit you. That's their right.

Sarah Palin comes to the defense of an ignorant, racist loudmouth. How schocking.
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(I have to agree with others that the the the lethal implications of "reload" goes beyond the pale.)

Someone please tell Sarah: Low ratings, lost advertisers and being canceled across the country is NOT a First Amendment violation -- in fact it's the radio stations' exercise of THEIR First Amendment right to drop Dr. Laura.

The whole N word thing was just Dr. Laura trying to attract some new listeners from the Aryan Nation movement. I guess it didn't work but you have to admire the effort.

The funny thing is, no one has ever lost money at radio by being too politically extreme. At the moment I'm sure the stations are searching for someone to the right of Dr. Laura, maybe someone like Beck who has quite the fascination with goose-steps and swastikas.

Its funny how Palin invokes the Constitution in this case but totally ignores it when it comes to freedom of religion, because she is against the mosque being build in NY....You can't pick and chose which parts of the constitution you adhere to.

annagawel wrote: "As a fellow journalist - Chris, why in the world are you reporting on what Sarah Palin is "tweeting?" Is this really news? Are there really no other important things going on in the world or in Washington at the moment. Sarah Palin exists for the sheer fact that she gets press coverage for sneezing. Sometimes journalists should do their job and report on actual news and ignore the noise -- otherwise they're in danger of "creating" news where there is none."
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If a liberal covered their ears when Sarah Palin speaks, does that mean conservatives and independents won't hear her?

I am so sorry to report the answer to the above question is a resounding NO!

It really bugs all of you libs to your collective core that Sarah is not only NOT going away, but that she is also gaining strength and momentum as she continues to point out publicly how destructive you, your president, and your congress are.

Dr. Laura's lack of compassion and love of offensive speech is well-known; don't forget she made her name trash-talking about gay people. As for Sarah Palin, I never expected her to stoop so low as to encourage bigots to spout MORE of their offensive minority-baiting on the airwaves. I believe we've now found the missing piece of the Palin puzzle. For all of Sarah's wrapping of herself in the cloak of Christianity, we see now it has failed to cover up this ugly part of her personality.

The real "N-word" Dr Laura got in trouble for was "No ratings/listeners". She was going to get dumped anyway. How convenient to go the martyr route. I guess Caribou Barbie is attracted to other quiters !

The real "N-word" Dr Laura got in trouble for was "No ratings/listeners". She was going to get dumped anyway. How convenient to go the martyr route. I guess Caribou Barbie is attracted to other quiters !

If Ms. Palin actually knew anything about the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, she would know that it protects us against the government's efforts to limit our freedom of speech.

What happened to Dr. Laura represents an exercise in free market theory. America, namely the public consumers of her product, "voted" for her to go. The government had absolutely nothing to do with this, so the boogeymen of the "Constitutional obstructionists" (whatever the heck they are) did not have to meddle.

The people have spoken and Ms. Palin has once again shown not only her ignorance, but also her lack of respect for the truth. For shame, Ms. Palin, for shame.

Interesting how sensitive some are to the n-word but remain silent about the Washington "R--skins." Or how's this: Watching "South Pacific" on PBS, performed at the Kennedy Center, I noticed the repeated use of the term "Japs" in referring to the Japanese. But I suppose it's okay in this PC world to continue to use those kinds of racist and abhorrent nomenclature.

does Sarah Palin even realize she's an idiot - or does she really take herself seriously

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She's way too stupid to know that she's stupid. Many of her supporters are too dumb to understand her stupidity as well. They're the sort of people who hated the smart kids in school. They called the smart kids nerds because the smart kids were getting an education while everyone else in class was spending their free time drinking and trying to get laid.

"Reload" is the gun loving battle cry of Palin and her inbred teabagger cousins of Fred Phelps who are just itching for a race war in America as evidenced by her KKKarl Rove inspired participation in Elder Beck's plan to hold an evangelical white-supremicist rally at the Mall on the anniversary of the MLK speech.

These trigger happy morons are just as anxious to shoot a few of the people they like to call the "N-word" as they are for another pre-emptive attack in Cheney's Christian Oil Crusades - this time Iran.

Both Sarah and Laura expose their ignorance of the U.S. Constitution. The First Amendment protects us from GOVERNMENT intrusion upon our freedom of expression. It does not protect fringe lunatic bigots from the wrath of radio advertisers who choose not to sponsor racially offensive programming.

This is how things work in the marketplace of ideas. Sorry, Laura, but demand for your nasty little product seems to be in short supply — thankfully.

Obviously she did not mean her apology as she is now contrite to use the word at will, which BTW is illegal and is considered a HATE CRIME. Interesting how those Moma Bears want to break Civil rights Laws.

Wait a second... I thought Palin was for the free market. Ms. Schlessenger quit because she knew she was going to get fired because the private company she works for knew that Ms. Schlessnger was going to cost them money and thus they made a free market business decision.

"...yet you persist in attempting to denigrate and persecute this woman for having an opinion different than yours."

That "opinion" you describe is the U.S. Constitution, the document this country stands on as the leader of the free world. Since Caribou Barbie aspires to hold the highest office in the land, she probably should have an "opinion" that actually follows the document she would be entrusted to protect.

Is it possible that some white women hear and think and see the N word when they walk down the street or get on an elevator and see a black male? Some may even think the black male wants them....er,um, I mean wants their purse? Think about it!
So, some black males make nice, smile, and some may even Whistle Vivaldi!

Is it possible that some white women hear and think and see the N word when they walk down the street or get on an elevator and see a black male? Some may even think the black male wants them....er,um, I mean wants their purse? Think about it!
So, some black males make nice, smile, and some may even Whistle Vivaldi!

Is it possible that some white women hear and think and see the N word when they walk down the street or get on an elevator and see a black male? Some may even think the black male wants them....er,um, I mean wants their purse? Think about it!
So, some black males make nice, smile, and some may even Whistle Vivaldi!

Is it possible that some white women hear and say and see the N word when they walk down the street or get on an elevator and see a black male? Some may even think the black male wants them....er,um, I mean wants their purse? Think about it!
So, some black males make nice, smile, and some may even Whistle Vivaldi!

As a fellow journalist - Chris, why in the world are you reporting on what Sarah Palin is "tweeting?" Is this really news? Are there really no other important things going on in the world or in Washington at the moment. Sarah Palin exists for the sheer fact that she gets press coverage for sneezing. Sometimes journalists should do their job and report on actual news and ignore the noise -- otherwise they're in danger of "creating" news where there is none.

to paraphrase Palin "Dear Dr.Laura, dont let all those left wing nut jobs and darkies get you down. Yes you lost your job, but now you can use other means to get your message out. Besides its not like that silly old N word was that bad..heck..I use it all the time! Come over and visit me sister..we can sit on my porch and through that word out all we want to. Did I ever tell you I can see Russia from my house?"
Truly Yours
Sarah Palin

Palin's frequent use of imagery related to guns and violence is the most disturbing aspect of her rhetoric. What will she say when the inevitable tragedy occurs with attacks on govenment officials and law enforcement? She is playing with fire and doesn't seem to care about the consequences.

Dr. Laura Schlessinger quit radio so she could “exercise her first amendment rights” and “say what’s on her mind.” Exactly who is stopping her?

I suspect it is the sponsors of her show. They are running for cover from the negative public response to her use of the “n” word. She is leaving, because of free-market forces, not “constitutional obstructionist” as Sarah Palin suggests. Are Dr. Schlessinger and Mrs. Palin suggesting the dreaded government require these companies to sponsor shows that offend their customers?

Dr. Laura Schlessinger quit radio so she could “exercise her first amendment rights” and “say what’s on her mind.” Exactly who is stopping her?

I suspect it is the sponsors of her show. They are running for cover from the negative public response to her use of the “n” word. She is leaving, because of free-market forces, not “constitutional obstructionist” as Sarah Palin suggests. Are Dr. Schlessinger and Mrs. Palin suggesting the dreaded government require these companies to sponsor shows that offend their customers?

All of these racial motives discredit the teaparty's agenda. It really is a movement against a black president. Its too bad, however, that the press gives Palin and other fools so much attention. If she wasn't viewed as a MILF in some people's eyes, she would get no press at all. John McCain, why did you do this?

WHo does Palin represent? She represents sexually frustratted men who want to nail her, and dumb women who are insecure about their own brain power and take solice in seeing a stupid women successfully defend herself in idiotic ways.

Dr. Laura Schlessinger quit radio so she could “exercise her first amendment rights” and “say what’s on her mind.” Exactly who is stopping her?

I suspect it is the sponsors of her show. They are running for cover from the negative public response to her use of the “n” word. She is leaving, because of free-market forces, not “constitutional obstructionist” as Sarah Palin suggests. Are Dr. Schlessinger and Mrs. Palin suggesting the dreaded government require these companies to sponsor shows that offend their customers?

Thses two idiots are both nuts. Dr. Laura has a constitutional right to say whatever she wants. She did not break any laws by saying what she said. BUT - she (just like so many of these big-headed radio talk show clowns) didn't count on the fact that words have consequences, and now her career as a broadcaster is over because of her idiotic attack on the caller. Not because she wants her rights back (as she says) - nobobdy ever took her rights away from her. Her career is over becuase she is a stupid, angry, arrogant clown who was masquerading as somebody offering helthy advice. People really need to think twice before giving these broadcasters their attention. It's been my experience that people who insist that they know what's right for everybody else are usually wrong. The world of TV and radio broadcasting will be better off without her. She was, and is, a scam.

No, as for Sarah Palin? Forget about it. She's just an illiterate nut with a pretty face. If she didn't look the way she does, you wouldn't even know her name. She's be better off hosting a game show than being in politics. Unfortuneatley, the majority of Americans are stupid enough to give this woman their time and attention. Its a reflection of the dumbing down of America. We created this monster, now we're stuck with it.

Dr. Laura Schlessinger quit radio so she could “exercise her first amendment rights” and “say what’s on her mind.” Exactly who is stopping her?

I suspect it is the sponsors of her show. They are running for cover from the negative public response to her use of the “n” word. She is leaving, because of free-market forces, not “constitutional obstructionist” as Sarah Palin suggests. Are Dr. Schlessinger and Mrs. Palin suggesting the dreaded government require these companies to sponsor shows that offend their customers?

Not to fear, the good Doctor will get a job on Fox and get to use all the words in the human language without in-trepidation. As for the Straw Woman Palin, she is still looking for a brain..."if I only had a brain."

The Racist Diva of the Extreme Right White! Anybody paying attention to where she shows up and when she springs into action? It's always a racially charged scenario. She'll be jabbing at the hearts of African Americans on August 28th in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Sarah bears an uncanny resemblance and demeanor to Child killer Susan Smith in South Carolina who knew Whites would believe her if she said a Black Man stole her car. Sarah is capitalizing on White Racist Fear and paranoia. White America would not tolerate this kind of gutter sniper venacular being used against White citizens by Minorities. The decent amongst you are so complicit, it is very telling! Especially the Media.

I agree that Facebook and Twitter are poor forms of political discourse. Funny, though, that some are only offended when it is a conservative voice that uses these media, but when we have Democratic candidates using the various internet platforms the major media and pundits point to it as an example of 'vibrant' democracy.

Whatever happened to "peaceful Muslims, please refudiate (sic)"?? Apparently censorship is only the best way to be sensitive to others' feelings when you get to censor people you don't like...ie, when good Christian Americans are offended, measures should be taken. But should a member of a minority group cry foul, they need to "have a sense of humor"???

Ah, Sarah Palin. Cognitive dissonance at its best, and most disturbing.

So Now we have the toast of the Tea Party standing behind Laura's First Amendment Rights of free speech to be able to say racial slurs,,, defend the undefensible,,,, that's our Sarah being a rank oportunitist,,

she is also possibly siding with racist sentiments,,, its not illegal to have such,, but is this the way to lead America?

Let's all appeal to the darkest impluses of man and claim the right to do so,,,, thats great leadership

If the inventors/owners of Twitter had a care for the American polity, they'd disband and take down their system. Just as PowerPoint masks terminal stupidity and illogic, Twitter provides enough of a pretext for idiocy that many Americans mistake its inanities for normalcy. The candidate most pointing to the future of American politics is the uber-Palin, Sharon Angle. If we allow political candidates to communicate primarily through the likes of Twitter and Facebook, avoiding interviews and debates, we will have taken our greatest step toward an unavoidable idiocracy.

It's interesting how quickly Palin comes to the defense of conservatives' first amendment rights but is just as quick to cry foul when someone uses his/her freedom of expression to dare to criticize Palin herself.

If ANYBODY wants to gauge the intelligence and sophistication of the tea party nuts, the Palin lovers, and the fans of morons like Beck, Hannity and Limbaugh ( btw, none were educated beyond high school, none served in the military - in fact the coward Limbaugh took a military deferment for a cyst in his arse),I would suggest you read the following. This poor soul is writing at about a 6th grade level, and thinking with the sophistication of a 3rd grader. Here goes ------------------------
------------------------------------------" best comment from palin yet ! Dr. laura is not wrong ! but IS correct in her assumption, "NIGERS"(sic) especially american derivitives of african slaves are on the whole "disfunctional"(sic) (no crime in itself) except that the whole of american society is being debased in order to accomidate (sic) the concept of equality , 1965 civil rights amendment made african / negro's mentally legal ! =(WTF?) nothing could be further from the truth ! as far as identification goes,ethopia people are often refered (sic) to as "nigers" (sic) even another 100 yrs. wont acheive nigers (sic) as brainey(sic) ! the legality of intelligence is a misnomer ! skin pigment is according to bible is "the mark of the beast", yet many black people other than africans, are quite intellengent (sic) !

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God help us if sideboom is what the average American is coming to.

@Fletch834: Actually, I think most of the disgust with Palin isn't because her opinions are different. It's because they're not based on any coherent reason or logic. And she makes enough ignorant statements that it's pretty obvious that she's not capable of any kind of independent, critical thought. As far as the who's dumber debate, I'll take the highly educated former law professor over the college-hopping dunce any day of the week. And twice on Sunday.

Nothing like a quick few paragraphs on the most threatening woman in America to bring out the fringe morons on the left. Your hero president is dumber than a stump (but boy can he read a teleprompter!), yet you persist in attempting to denigrate and persecute this woman for having an opinion different than yours. It has little affect other than reducing you to zero relevance but certainly adds to hilarity of it all. You are the joke, not her, and the best part is you will never get that because of your blind hate. So sad, yet so perfect in the end.

Posted by: Fletch834 | August 19, 2010 10:54 AM | Report abuse

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Aaahh! The above is the voice of the follower of the Peck, Palin, Limpballs, O'Reilly, Coulter, Malkin, Rove, Gingrich philosophy.
A race baiting ignoramous who is just waiting to take his gun to the streets to prove he has testicals that work.
Ignorance is the prerequisite qualification to being rightwing whities today. Take a good look at this racist's words, because this is what your children are facing as America moves on. This person's personal hatred is palpable because he is facing the loss of his white privilege, the new Republican fear. fritz

Someone please explain the state actor doctrine to this pinhead. Neither her "First Amendment rights" nor any other of her constitutional rights are evenly remotely implicated in the uproar over her N-word rant.

Wait a minute. Dr. Laura said that her use of the N word was wrong and that she realized she had made a horrible mistake. So, if she admitted that she made a horrible mistake, what is she complaining about? Does she think there should be zero consequences for her, self-described, "horrible mistake?" Or does she think everyone else should be held accountable for their actions except for her? She and the dumbbell, Sarah Palin, have stepped in it once again. Either Dr. Laura was lying when she said she made a horrible mistake, or she's been lying every time she says that people should be accountable for their actions, since she doesn't want to be held accountable herself. I didn't hear the broadcast, so I'm not passing judgement one way or the other on what she said. I'm only talking about what she has said since it happened, and pointing out her hypocrisy. Kind of like Rush Limbaugh having a zero tolerance attitude towards drug addicts until it came out that he was one himself. Bottom line: the more these right wingers talk, the more people they alienate.

Sarah must be sending some more n-words to Dr. Laura so she can reload and fire away! The Federal government is not gonna take away her 2nd amendment rights and censor her and prosecute and convict her without due process. No siree! (Diddyheads!)

It is truly amazing that misanthropic, uneducated, ignorant, bigoted swine like sideboom still exist in the 21st century. Until this abysmally ridiculous mentality is eradicated, there will always be problems associated with race in this country.

Posted by: Fletch834 | August 19, 2010 10:54 AM | Report abuse
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FLETCH834 WRITES THE FOLLOWING -
Nothing like a quick few paragraphs on the most threatening woman in America to bring out the fringe morons on the left. Your hero president is dumber than a stump (but boy can he read a teleprompter!), yet you persist in attempting to denigrate and persecute this woman for having an opinion different than yours. It has little affect other than reducing you to zero relevance but certainly adds to hilarity of it all. You are the joke, not her, and the best part is you will never get that because of your blind hate. So sad, yet so perfect in the end.
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The sad thing 'Fletch' is that you appear to represent a certain percentage of Americans who celebrate anti-intellectualism. Maybe this goes to our Puritan roots. In any case, there seems to be about 25-30% of the population that does not appear to read, obtains its information from poorly educated cretins -e.g. Beck, Hannity, Limbaugh- none of them having more than a high school diploma, and faces to accept facts. If anything is funny here, it's your comment "Your hero president is dumber than a stump (but boy can he read a teleprompter!)". Let me get that right... President Obama has a law agree from Harvard, and in fact was President of the law review. In case you weren't aware, Harvard law school is considered one of a small number of the finest law schools in the world. As for the cheap shot about the teleprompter, I don't recall one at the presidential debate. As for Sarah Palin, only the hopelessly senile would consider this woman 'the most threatening woman in America'. She is a self serving narcissist who fled from her position as governor when she realized how much money she could make. Someone who cannot tell an interviewer what books or magazines she has read is 'a threat' only to the feeble minded. NO Fletch, YOU are the joke. But the sad things is that you and those who think like you really are making this country a joke.

My problem is that I have no direct knowledge of what Palin said nor of what Laura S. said. When I search for their actual remarks, the search is drowned out by the voices of people who hate these two.

I actually heard the show when it aired and I thought she went too far with her point. But, that said, she was trying to make a point to a black caller that not everyone who asks her a question about being black is a racist (the caller was married to a white man).

She said some good things in the call but she should not have used a word that is considered almost obscene by most people.

Really if you listen to Dr. Laura's show she actually gives some pretty good advice so I'm sorry she's leaving.

As for Sarah Palin, I'm not sure I like politicians and others doing the whole "twitter" thing. It's seems sort of childish.

I actually heard the show when it aired and I thought she went too far with her point. But, that said, she was trying to make a point to a black caller that not everyone who asks her a question about being black is a racist (the caller was married to a white man).

She said some good things in the call but she should not have used a word that is considered almost obscene by most people.

Really if you listen to Dr. Laura's show she actually gives some pretty good advice so I'm sorry she's leaving.

As for Sarah Palin, I'm not sure I like politicians and others doing the whole "twitter" thing. It's seems sort of childish.

Who called for her resignation? While I've heard various commentators call it inappropriate, NO ONE that I've heard, called for her resignation. I've listened to the tape and Dr. Laura was actually correct when she talked about it's use among some blacks! The problem I had is that she assumed that ALL Black people embraced the word as some sort of term of endearment when we DON'T!! And then she went on to berate the woman who was calling in to her show for advice, THAT'S the problem I have! But I don't think that is the reason for her to NOT renew her contract!

best comment from palin yet ! Dr. laura is not wrong ! but IS correct in her assumption, "NIGERS" especially american derivitives of african slaves are on the whole "disfunctional" (no crime in itself) except that the whole of american society is being debased in order to accomidate the concept of equality , 1965 civil rights amendment made african / negro's mentally legal ! = nothing could be further from the truth ! as far as identification goes,ethopia people are often refered to as "nigers" even another 100 yrs. wont acheive nigers as brainey !the legality of intelligence is a misnomer ! skin pigment is according to bible is "the mark of the beast", yet many black people other than africans, are quite intellengent !

Palin and Schlessinger are two birds of a feather: drama queens who love to play the victim and claim their Constitutional rights are being hindered whenever people point out how inane the things they say are.

And PLEASE, don't anyone disagree with this post publicly. I hate it when my "First Amendment rights" are squelched by people. Poor me. I'm such a victim. Please write about my oppression on the front page of your newspaper though. I just love it when they do that.

"Dr." Laura must be so encouraged. The most vapid public figure in the USA sends an incoherent slogan to the disgraced radio flame-out and the press runs it as a new item.

wuzzat: "don't retreat, re-load..." Does the half governor mean that Doc L should gather up all the racial epithets she can and sprew them on the air? Does the half-gov even know what she is twittering?

Why can't we just get Palin declared non compos mentis and be done with her? The radio doc already took herself out of the game.

If "Dr." Laura is serious about all the First Amendment jive she is using to try and bury her hideous gaff, then let's see her make a written public defense of her quotations and allow for responses from people who think a bit more deeply and honestly about the issue. THere is NO WAY that the excuse-me rationalization for her actions will hold up. Racist is racist.

Maybe she can get a book out of this writing about how God wants her to use vile epithets as a prophetic confirmation that old white ladies generally speak as crazy as they look, just like God intended all along.

Who appointed Sister Sara the decider of what is "American"? The woman is a loon. Sorry, that was an insult to the bird. Loved how Dr. Laura apologized one day and the next complained for having to apologize. Additionally, the faux doctor didn't quit. She was forced to resign or be fired.

@Fletch834: All politicians use teleprompters (some even use their hands) as do TV news anchors, etc. It's totally normal.

Also, Dr. Laura was full of rage and hate. You could hear it in her voice and it was incredibly inappropriate. It would've been inappropriate if she were a Democrat. That kind of hate doesn't deserve a spot anywhere near a microphone being broadcast to millions of people, whatever the person's political affiliation.

best comment from palin yet ! Dr. laura is not wrong ! but IS correct in her assumption, "NIGERS" especially american derivitives of african slaves are on the whole "disfunctional" (no crime in itself) except that the whole of american society is being debased in order to accomidate the concept of equality , 1965 civil rights amendment made african / negro's mentally legal ! = nothing could be further from the truth ! as far as identification goes,ethopia people are often refered to as "nigers" even another 100 yrs. wont acheive nigers as brainey !the legality of intelligence is a misnomer ! skin pigment is according to bible is "the mark of the beast", yet many black people other than africans, are quite intellengent !

best comment from palin yet ! Dr. laura is not wrong ! but IS correct in her assumption, "NIGERS" especially american derivitives of african slaves are on the whole "disfunctional" (no crime in itself) except that the whole of american society is being debased in order to accomidate the concept of equality , 1965 civil rights amendment made african / negro's mentally legal ! = nothing could be further from the truth ! as far as identification goes,ethopia people are often refered to as "nigers" even another 100 yrs. wont acheive nigers as brainey !the legality of intelligence is a misnomer ! skin pigment is according to bible is "the mark of the beast", yet many black people other than africans, are quite intellengent !

Sarah Palin called for Rahm Emanuel to be fired when he used the "R" word to refer to some of his colleagues on Capitol Hill, but someone using the "N" word should "reload"? Does anyone else see a double standard?

best comment from palin yet ! Dr. laura is not wrong ! but IS correct in her assumption, "NIGERS" especially american derivitives of african slaves are on the whole "disfunctional" (no crime in itself) except that the whole of american society is being debased in order to accomidate the concept of equality , 1965 civil rights amendment made african / negro's mentally legal ! = nothing could be further from the truth ! as far as identification goes,ethopia people are often refered to as "nigers" even another 100 yrs. wont acheive nigers as brainey !the legality of intelligence is a misnomer ! skin pigment is according to bible is "the mark of the beast", yet many black people other than africans, are quite intellengent !

best comment from palin yet ! Dr. laura is not wrong ! but IS correct in her assumption, "NIGERS" especially american derivitives of african slaves are on the whole "disfunctional" (no crime in itself) except that the whole of american society is being debased in order to accomidate the concept of equality , 1965 civil rights amendment made african / negro's mentally legal ! = nothing could be further from the truth ! as far as identification goes,ethopia people are often refered to as "nigers" even another 100 yrs. wont acheive nigers as brainey !the legality of intelligence is a misnomer ! skin pigment is according to bible is "the mark of the beast", yet many black people other than africans, are quite intellengent !

Sarah Palin called for Rahm Emanuel to be fired when he used the "R" word to refer to some of his colleagues on Capitol Hill, but someone using the "N" word should "reload"? Does anyone else see a double standard?

Nothing like a quick few paragraphs on the most threatening woman in America to bring out the fringe morons on the left. Your hero president is dumber than a stump (but boy can he read a teleprompter!), yet you persist in attempting to denigrate and persecute this woman for having an opinion different than yours. It has little affect other than reducing you to zero relevance but certainly adds to hilarity of it all. You are the joke, not her, and the best part is you will never get that because of your blind hate. So sad, yet so perfect in the end.

Lets see: Dr. Laura exercised her first amendment rights to say something stupid and racist. We exercised our first amendment rights to criticize her. Sarah supports Dr. Laura having first amendment rights but not us. I guess that it because you don't like our use of our first admendment rights to talk about you.

Lets see: Dr. Laura exercised her first amendment rights to say something stupid and racist. We exercised our first amendment rights to criticize her. Sarah supports Dr. Laura having first amendment rights but not us. I guess that it because you don't like our use of our first admendment rights to talk about you.

we pretty much already knew that Palin doesn't understand the Constitution, but this ends the debate. You have the absolute right to say something stupid enough to get you fired by a boss exercising his or her first amendment rights, or in this case, have your network's sponsors exercise theirs and pull their sponsorships, or your producer do the same thing. that's how the first amendment works, you fools.

We also already knew that Palin runs her mouth without research. Dr. Laura fell apart because she realized that she had actually attacked her caller with the n word, not just engaged in an academic musing over why blacks can use it but not whites (as silly as that would have been to begin with).

Dr. Laura actually does have some issues with race. A while back, she compared the behavior of blacks stuck in the Superdome during Katrina with that of whites evacuated to QaulCom stadium in San Diego during the wildfires. Never mind that Katrina stranded those who fled to the stadium for the duration, without food, water, supplies, etc, while QualCom was fully stocked and was only a place to sleep for folks who could walk out to the parking lot and take the kids to Sea World during the day, no, according to Dr. Laura, the chaos in New Orleans was attributable to blacks being uncivilized compared to the whites in San Diego. I heard the entire broadcast live. She went on for 10 minutes on the contrast and attributed the difference entirely to race.

Hey, areyousaying, I think you're really onto something with this soap opera Sarah thing. If you wrote this properly, it would rival TrueBlood or The Wire. Seriously. And, the best part of it is that the whole thing basically would write itself. I mean, today's episode was fantastic - and highly believable, sadly. If you don't write it, can I take a stab at it?

Dr. Laura was put off the air by capitalism--her sponsors abandoned her like rats from a sinking ship. Buh-bye! Don't let the door hit you, etc.

That's how the free market system works--you can say whatever you want, but you can't expect people to pay to hear it! Palin's failure to understand that is...well, becoming a typical feature of her flailing logic.

we pretty much already knew that Palin doesn't understand the Constitution, but this ends the debate. You have the absolute right to say something stupid enough to get you fired by a boss exercising his or her first amendment rights, or in this case, have your network's sponsors exercise theirs and pull their sponsorships, or your producer do the same thing. that's how the first amendment works, you fools.

We also already knew that Palin runs her mouth without research. Dr. Laura fell apart because she realized that she had actually attacked her caller with the n word, not just engaged in an academic musing over why blacks can use it but not whites (as silly as that would have been to begin with).

Dr. Laura actually does have some issues with race. A while back, she compared the behavior of blacks stuck in the Superdome during Katrina with that of whites evacuated to QaulCom stadium in San Diego during the wildfires. Never mind that Katrina stranded those who fled to the stadium for the duration, without food, water, supplies, etc, while QualCom was fully stocked and was only a place to sleep for folks who could walk out to the parking lot and take the kids to Sea World during the day, no, according to Dr. Laura, the chaos in New Orleans was attributable to blacks being uncivilized compared to the whites in San Diego. I heard the entire broadcast live. She went on for 10 minutes on the contrast and attributed the difference entirely to race.

Actually, her politics - and a lot of other Republicans - is very cynical. They have figured out that if they can scare the heck out of White independent middle class - or pose any issue for them as one that threaten them - free speech whatever - then they can win elections. Problem is that this is a losing game for them - by sheer numbers they cannot win this in future. What makes me afraid is the second part of her rhetoric - "reload". That is bound to happen in future with all the gun nuts out there.

Palin doesn't seem to understand either the First Amendment protection of freedom of speech (which also guarantees the right to people who want to criticize "Dr." Laura for her remarks) OR the nature and function of free-market capitalism (sponsors will pull ads from her radio program if its message is perceived as detrimental to their product and bottom-line).

And just to think, this "spiteful" small minded person was a heartbeat away from becoming the first female VPOTUS.

Can you imagine that?

The first female VP in this nations history acting, behaving, and talking like trailer trash from the backwoods of Alaska.

Who needs a highly educated, intelligent, professional, confident, well balanced, un bigoted woman to represent the country at the highest levels when we have the hilly billy from Wasilla acting like a rattle snake with fangs and "pink" lipstick?

Why is it that Sarah Palin can decide who is allowed first amendment rights -

Wasn't it just last year that she called on Rahm's termination for using the "R" word in a private meeting? And yet this lady is being denied her rights because she said the n word repeatedly on public radio to a black women who found it offensive ?

Not only is Sarah Palin a "re tard ed" racist but all of her followers are as well.

Seriously? So glad that stupid C-an't U-ndertand N-ormal T-hinking is not within a mile of the White House. Earth to Palin - the crone left her radio show on her own; the 1st amendment is not a "don't criticize my comments" protection; and you and your supporters should consider donating your brains to medical research - I bet they will all fit in one jar.

Can you imagine even 10 years ago that someone like Sarah Palin would even be quoted in the media or a newspaper? She would have been a joke. Amazing how far we have sunk in our national dialogue. And, it's also amazing that someone like her could be a spokesman for the Republican party. Desperate I guess.

On today's episode of Soap Opera Sarah, she huddles with Michael Steel and Karl Rove at Fox News headquarters to spread new rumors Obama's gay. Steel is not to happy about her "n-word" but goes alone like a good little oreo with her defense of "Dr." Laura.

Meanwhile, in Wassalia, Todd and Levi get into a fistfight in front of her house when the newly elected dogcather tries to pick up Daisy again to the delight of the evil liberal neighbor who sells the video to Playgirl and The Huffington Post. Local police are called when the bed-wetting, gay, liberal, Marxist, Communist, socialist, Muslim, non-believer, illegal-immigrant Mexican protestors demanding little Trig's birth certificate pile on to help Levi who rips his Levis'in the forray.

Join us tomorrow when Sarah investigates the possiblity or putting all Muslim American citizens in interment camps as part of the analogy of Pearl Harbor in the New York mosque Atwater/Rove Southern Strategy wedge issue.

Despite the distractions, Sarah busily writes her comments for Elder Beck's divinely-inspired-evangelical-white-supremicist-rally-to-piss-off-blacks-at-the-Mall-on-the-birthday-of-Martin-Luther-King's-speech on her arms. Join the hilarity as she realizes the speech is still more than a week away and she won't be able to bathe without losing her thoughts.

If it weren't for the fact that I suspect it would be unconstitutional, I would love to pass a law that said something like "every candidate for a federal office shall have at least a regimental understanding of the US Constitution and any office holder who refuses to defend the Constitution they have sworn to protect shall be impeached" (or words to that effect).

Dr. Laura's first amendment rights weren't affected. The government had nothing to do with her show ending. Free speech does not mean being free from the consequences, which in this case meant sponsors and fans dropping Dr. Laura's show.

The first amendment has nothing to do with this story at all the government is not restricting her rights to speech at all. This woman is just trying to reframe the argument to make herself look more like a victim and less like a racist idiot.

The only thing dumber than Palin is a Palin apologist. However, I would never consider denying her (or Dr. Laura) their First Amendment right to constantly remind just how fricking stupid they and their followers/listeners are. (Beck, Limbaugh, ibid)

Remember when Gov. Palin lashed out at Rahm Emmanuel for using the word "retard"? Wouldn't that be comparable to Dr. Laura's situation? It is not the government prohibiting their speech in either case; it is the "commonsense" public who is upset at the lack of sensitivity used in social discourse.

Can this moron get anything right? My God. For someone who prattles on and on about the constitution, she knows very little about how it actually works. The 1st amendment does not cover private corporations, it only applies to the government & government actions.

If your employer is a private corporation and doesn't like the things you say on air and fire you, your first amendment rights are not violated.

My God this woman is either completely ignorant or shameless in her pandering to the completely ignorant.

And nsu1203 is absolutely correct. Free speech rights are about government restrictions. Not public restrictions. A company could fire an employee for expressing his free speech right to pick his/her nose at staff meetings or saying he doesn't like pizza.

I suspect people like Sarah Laura know that, they just use the "free speech" line to distract. Either that or they are very, very stupid.

Does this moron even know how the First Amendment works? The First Amendment does not apply to private companies. More to the point, the First Amendment does not apply to people getting angry over what someone else said.

Apparently there is a club forming, "Stupid Republican Women," whose membership requirement seems to be saying things that are meant to sound as if they possess some actual knowledge of what they're talking about while demonstrating profound ignorance. This is especially true when they sound off on the right wing's favorite topic this year - the U.S. Constitution.

Sarah Palin is the president of this club, v.p. is Michelle Bachmann. Other members include Sharon Angell, Virginia Foxx and Jean Schmidt. Laura Schlessinger has now been inducted.

All this just when women were beginning to be viewed just as smart and competent as men! What a shame.

Palin, is a idiot,,,a complete idiot,,who in the hell empowered this knucklehead to try and articlate the true meaning of the US Constitution...She is riding the crest of a wave to make money with that un-educated, backwoods hillbilly persona..This is what happens when you let a bumling idiot speak into the microphone...Palin shut we call the hell up..You are truely STUPID..

The stupidity regarding the 1st Amendment needs to cease. It protects against government infringement on the right to speech. The Constitution does not bar private companies from firing an individual because their stupidity is bad for business.

The stupidity regarding the 1st Amendment needs to cease. It protects against government infringement on the right to speech. The Constitution does not bar private companies from firing an individual because their stupidity is bad for business.

I have never seen an image of Sarah Palin with a person of any color other than White.
Sarah Palin parses President Obama's words all the time- which is usually hysterical since she does it so badly- but the divisive intent is there.
In a thinking, open society- where inclusion of the citizen is stressed, such words should never even enter the thinking of a person, let alone escape their mouth.
Dr. Laura now says that her free speech is being inhibited. No it's not- she's just embarrassed for a junior league mistake and she's trying to throw the shroud of stupidity off of her as fast as possible. There is no acceptable time or place to use the "N" word. Mrs. Palin, stay in Alaska, talk to the moose, stay away from polite company and thinking people. You are not a representative of any woman or citizen I want to see or hear, and I certainly don't want you in any way, shape or for representing my gender or be a spokesperson for mothers.

Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck have the nerve to stand on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, on the anniversary of MLK's "I have a dream" speech, yet they are both the biggest racists this country has ever seen. What a lack of class. What a travesty for this country.

A lot of people truly do not understand our Constitution. The 1st Amendment does not protect you from being fired by your private sector job for saying anything, the 1st Amendment doesn't apply to them, it applies to the government.

And what should we make of the term "Reload"? Is this more of Palin's hoodwink chickenhawk sedition talk. Are you still advocating overthrowing the American government through violent means, Palin? You and your militant friends are getting awfully close to treason, Sarah...

Sarah Palin defending someone who not only used the N word over and over again but who has tried to make Gays and Lesbians into enemies of the people for years? Very noble of you Sarah.

It's interesting. Palin criticized Obama for defending the constitution when it comes to the Islamic Community Center in NYC but she's OK with "Dr" Laura spewing hate rhetoric for so many years.

And by the way Sarah... if the Government was restricting your 1st Amendment rights how is it possible you've made millions of dollars trashing the President, much of it with lies and mischaracterizations?

Shows how much Palin knows....the first amendment prohibits government from interfering with the right of free speech...it does not prohibit the public from condemning comments, protesting comments or boycotting products/people because of their exercise of free speech...Sarah needs to go back to school!

Can someone please explain to these people what the 1st Amendment actually says? It protects you from the GOVERNMENT infringing on your right to speak - not from other people/sponsors/critics calling out your racist bigotry. For example, the FCC can't stop her show because she's a moron, but I can call her a moron and encourage sponsors to pull advertising from her show. And Sarah Palin - well, there's too much to say there. Suffice it to say - moron.

Can someone please explain to these people what the 1st Amendment actually says? It protects you from the GOVERNMENT infringing on your right to speak - not from other people/sponsors/critics calling out your racist bigotry. For example, the FCC can't stop her show because she's a moron, but I can call her a moron and encourage sponsors to pull advertising from her show. And Sarah Palin - well, there's too much to say there. Suffice it to say - moron.

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